Hulu is poised to lose next-day streams of NBCUniversal programming like Saturday Night Live, a change expected in the fall as NBCU shifts to streaming exclusivity over to its own service Peacock instead. An NBCU spokeswoman said Friday that Comcast-owned NBCUniversal has terminated the deal with Hulu, which gave Hulu the rights to stream its programming the day after it …
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With the ever-growing field of streaming services and subscriptions, it can become increasingly difficult to keep track of which services you subscribe to. On Thursday, Verizon revealed its plan to try to manage that chaos, debuting a service it calls Plus Play. Verizon describes Plus Play as a “platform that allows users to discover, purchase and manage some of their …
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With the Super Bowl now behind us, the next big football event may not be the NFL Draft in April. It’s seeing where NFL Sunday Ticket, the crown jewel in DirecTV’s programming lineup and one of the US sports world’s most valuable assets, ends up as the league looks for new partners. Long a staple for DirecTV, the package allows …
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Disney Plus is unlikely to raise prices before October, but after that, a price hike may be in the offing, Disney CEO Bob Chapek hinted Wednesday. Disney is optimistic it’ll have a higher quantity of new, exclusive programming flowing steadily onto Disney Plus by 2023, which starts in early October on the company’s fiscal calendar. “Then [we’ll] have the flexibility, if we were to …
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Disney Plus grew to 129.8 million subscribers as of Jan. 1, Disney said Wednesday. That’s a 37% jump from a year earlier, but it also means Disney Plus reaccelerated its growth after a slowdown in the fall. Disney added about 11.7 million new members in the three-month fiscal quarter, after it had added only about 2 million subscribers in the three months …
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Disney Plus tested its livestreaming capabilities for the first time Tuesday morning. The streaming service broadcast live the announcement of the 2022 Oscar nominations. “We performed a test for live streaming capabilities on Disney+ in the U.S. with this morning’s Academy Award nominations,” the company said in a statement. “We are pleased with the results and will continue to test …
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One of The Matrix Resurrections’ production companies, Village Roadshow, is suing studio Warner Bros for the film’s same-day streaming release on HBO Max. Warner Bros. called the suit “a frivolous attempt by Village Roadshow to avoid their contractual commitment to participate in the arbitration,” which the company said had commenced last week. “We have no doubt that this case will be …
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With its more than 200 million subscribers and seemingly just as many new shows to watch every week, Netflix is now the Kleenex of the streaming video world — and our favorite streaming service. But does it necessarily represent the best value? There are plenty of competitors looking to usurp Netflix’s place, and one of the most popular is Hulu. …
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AT&T’s WarnerMedia division — home to streaming service HBO Max, the Warner Bros. movie studio and TV channels like HBO, CNN, TBS and more — expects to close its deal to merge with Discovery in the second quarter, slightly earlier than planned, AT&T CEO John Stankey said Wednesday. Discovery is known for reality shows and other unscripted programming on its cable networks and its own streaming …
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The latest developments in streaming may have you pulling out your calculator to decide which service fits your budget. Netflix bumped up its monthly fees while HBO Max is enticing customers with a limited-time discount. The math is sometimes in your favor, and sometimes not. When Hulu increased prices for Hulu Plus Live TV in December, the rate jumped by $5 to …
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